It’s been a year since the Biden administration announced a new office tasked with combating gun violence in America, and a pair of new reports show progress is being made, according to the White House.

The first report, released on Monday, shows that the creation of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention was followed with a year of concerted effort to “reduce gun crime and other forms of gun violence.”

Since the Office was created one year ago, the Biden administration says its fast-tracked implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which Biden signed in 2020 and expanded the definition of who must become licensed to sell guns. As a result, there are about 20,000 gun sellers who must now be licensed who were not before, according to the report.

The Office has also helped make “clear that the gun show loophole does not exist” and implemented “enhanced background checks” for would-be gun purchasers who are under 21 years old. According to the report, those checks have prevented hundreds of sales.

The last year has also seen a concerted effort by the Department of Justice to crack down on “straw purchases” of firearms, or guns bought illegally for someone else.

“The Department has now charged more than 600 defendants using BSCA’s new gun trafficking and straw purchasing laws,” the report reads, in part.

According to President Joe Biden, the initiative comes after he spent “countless hours meeting with families impacted by gun violence as they mourn their loved ones.” All of the affected families, Biden said, had a simple message

“Do something,” he said in a statement.

“Vice President Harris and I responded to their call: I signed the most significant gun safety legislation in nearly 30 years, and we announced dozens of executive actions to reduce gun violence. But we knew more was needed. That’s why I established the first-ever White Office of Gun Violence Prevention, overseen by the Vice President. In just one year, it has accelerated my Administration’s efforts to reduce gun violence and save lives,” the president said.

The year-in-review report comes as the FBI, also on Monday, released a separate report that shows a significant drop in the rate of violent crimes since the COVID-19 pandemic.

“In 2023, according to the data, our nation saw the largest ever one-year decrease in the homicide rate, which is now 16% below its level in 2020. Violent crime also declined again and is at a near 50-year low. In 2024, this progress is continuing, with notable decreases in crime,” Biden said in a statement shared by the White House.

According to the President, that drop can be partially attributed to the Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and the “incredible progress in just its first year.”